Matthias of Bosnia was the first of two kings of Ottoman Bosnia and one of the last known members of the House of Kotromanić

House of Kotromanic

The Kotromanić dynasty was a ruling house that ruled in the medieval Bosnia and the surrounding lands, from the 13th century as Bans until the crowning with the Bosnian crowns in 1377 and then as kings until the Ottoman conquest conquest in 1463....

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Matthias was one of three sons of anti-king Radivoj of Bosnia

Radivoj of Bosnia

Radivoj Ostojić was anti-king of Bosnia from 1432 until 1435. He was the older of the two illegitimate sons of King Stephen Ostoja of Bosnia, most likely born during his marriage to Kujava Radinović....

, illegitimate son of King Stephen Ostoja of Bosnia, and Catherine of Velika, daughter of Nicholas of Velika, who got married in 1449. His father unsuccessfully claimed the crown of Bosnia between 1432 and 1435. Matthias' brothers were Tvrtko and George.

In 1463, Matthias' father, brother Tvrtko and first cousin, King Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, were executed on the order of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II

Mehmed II

Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

, while the Kingdom of Bosnia

Kingdom of Bosnia

The Kingdom of Bosnia or the Bosnian Kingdom was one of the medieval kingdoms of the Balkans, existing between 1377 and 1463.- Establishment :...

 was occupied by the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

. In the last months of 1465, Mehmed the Conqueror named Matthias King of Bosnia. However, Matthias gained little more than the title, as the actual kingdom was defunct. His "realm" was probably Lašva Valley

Lašva Valley

A region used to characterize some parts of Central Bosnia, the Lašva Valley is understood to be defined geographical by the Lašva River's route. It is a tributary of the Bosna River which travels from Travnik through Vitez but also touches Busovača, Kiseljak, Novi Travnik and Travnik.-Ancient...

. The only sources that mention him are those of the Republic of Ragusa

Republic of Ragusa

The Republic of Ragusa or Republic of Dubrovnik was a maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia , that existed from 1358 to 1808...

 and are related to his granting favours.

The first Ottoman puppet king of Bosnia was last mentioned in 1471. He was succeeded by Matija Vojsalić

Matija Vojsalić

Matija Vojsalić was the last member of the Bosnian/Croatian noble House of Hrvatinić.He was last mentioned in the archives of Republic of Ragusa in 1476. He was installed as King of Bosnia by the Ottoman Sultan as an answer to Nicholas of Ilok who was also named King of Bosnia by King Matthias...

, while King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary named Nicholas of Ilok

Nicholas of Ilok

Nicholas of Ilok was Ban of Croatia, Slavonia, Dalmatia and Mačva, Voivode of Transylvania and nominal King of Bosnia from 1471 until his death....

as the Hungarian King of Bosnia.